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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Eric, great to see you back.

      Phew!! now that was a blow-job.

      Hope you get your life back to normal soon...next time sink the trampoline. ๐Ÿ’š

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      • utilerU Offline
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        Me too, Eric, great to hear you're around again. ๐ŸŽ‰ Mother nature has been a bitch this season...

        Take care of yourself and the family....

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        • boofredlayB Offline
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          Thanks guys.
          I am honestly glad to see the tramp gone. What a hazard that has been.

          Here are a couple of pictures I snapped with my phone driving to get gas and ice. This is one that went through Athens then onto north Madison then Huntsville. About a 70 mile path.
          Highway 72 near Athens.
          What used to be a house on the South side of Hwy 72.
          This is just across the street on Hwy 72. The tower used to be a WAFF 48 Doppler Radar and a small business beside it.

          Here are a couple pictures of the house which was a block away from our house. This house used to be in almost complete shade year round. Their backyard was worse.
          0429111310.jpg
          0429111621.jpg
          0429111621a.jpg

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Well, glad you are back and you and the family is safe.

            Dave has been posting about your trampoline so we were not worrying toomuch for you but still nice to see you back.

            Gai...

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              Glad to hear from you, Eric ๐Ÿ˜„

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              • Alan FraserA Offline
                Alan Fraser
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                Welcome back, Eric. It's been pretty windy here the last few days, but those shots of yours puts my complaining about having to wash the car twice last week, because it immediately got covered in dust again, into some kind of perspective. Eight houses is a little too close for comfort.

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                • boofredlayB Offline
                  boofredlay
                  last edited by

                  Thanks again and yes, too close for comfort.
                  The one that hit our neighborhood was a small one. Were it any bigger I am positive we would not have fared as well.

                  Here are some photos of the TVA power line damage that has caused all the power outages.
                  These lines are only a few miles from my home.


                  TVA-01.jpg


                  TVA-02.jpg


                  TVA-03.jpg

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                  • boofredlayB Offline
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                    A good friend of mine who is a photographer for the Huntsville times took these in the Carter's Gin community which is between our home and where I work.


                    's Gin 01.jpg


                    's Gin 02.jpg


                    's Gin 03.jpg


                    's Gin 04.jpg

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                    • S Offline
                      ScottPara
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                      Glad to hear you and your family are safe Eric. We were praying for you.

                      Scott

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                      • StinkieS Offline
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                        Whoa! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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                        • pilouP Offline
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                          Terrifying! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                          Just a question: there is no Nuclear Plants on the path of all theses new tornadoes?

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                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
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                            @unknownuser said:

                            Terrifying! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                            Just a question: there is no Nuclear Plants on the path of all theses new tornadoes?

                            probably but i highly doubt a tornado -- even an f5 -- is going to take out a nuclear plant.

                            most buildings damaged in tornados are wooden framed (you don't see much crumbled brick houses in wind disaster pics ๐Ÿ˜‰ )

                            dotdotdot

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                            • mitcorbM Offline
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                              Poorly reinforced brick veneer will peel away like paper. Some years ago, straight line winds came through and sucked the brick veneer off a local radio station. Two stories tall, pre-engineered metal building. The brick was on the leeward side of the building. Though I never went any closer than the street, the fact that the brick layer was still mostly intact as one plane on the ground told me that the dumbass who installed it did not use brick ties of any sort. The collapse narrowly missed their main satellite dish mounted on the ground next to the building.

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                              • boofredlayB Offline
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                                The Browns Ferry Nuclear plant will most likely be offline for a couple weeks.

                                @unknownuser said:

                                "The systems at Browns Ferry did exactly what they were supposed to. This is not comparable to Fukushima because it wasn't the result of damage to the plant, rather the lines leaving the plant were cut," said Scott Brooks, spokesman at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

                                When Browns Ferry lost offsite power, the reactors automatically shut and emergency backup diesel generators kicked in to cool the nuclear fuel.

                                Per Yahoo news.
                                http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110428/us_nm/us_utilities_operations_tva_browns_6

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                                • jeff hammondJ Offline
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                                  @mitcorb said:

                                  the fact that the brick layer was still mostly intact as one plane on the ground told me that the dumbass who installed it did not use brick ties of any sort.

                                  yeah, but, at least he saved a $ coupla_hundred
                                  ๐Ÿ˜„

                                  dotdotdot

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